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Box 1 of 9

 

SERIES I: Edward L. Leiser Personal

 

Folder 1 – Leiser, Ed – Writings

 

Folder 2 – AAHS Article – “Don’t You Wish You Had Been There?”

 

Folder 3 – Articles by Ed Leiser

 

Folder 4 – Ed Leiser Personal and Professional

 

Folder 5 – Correspondence, Folder #1 of 2

 

Folder 6 – Correspondence, Folder #2 of 2

 

SERIES II: Aviation History

 

Folder 7 – History of U.S. Army Air Corps

 

Folder 8 – U.S. Naval Aviation History

 

Folder 9 – Aviation History Articles

 

Folder 10 – Calendar of Aerospace History

 

Folder 11 – Chronology of Aerospace History, 1918 - 1939

 

Folder 12 – Index of San Diego Aviation History, Folder #1 of 2

 

Folder 13 – Index of San Diego Aviation History, Folder #2 of 2

 

Folder 14 – San Diego Aviation History A-F

 

Folder 15 – San Diego Aviation History P-Z

 

Folder 16 – Aviation History This Week (Chronology)

 

Folder 17 – In Your Face with Air and Space (Aviation Chronology)

 

Folder 18 – Out of the Past This Week (Aviation Chronology)

 

Folder 19 – Out of the Past Chronologies

 

Folder 20 – Out of the Overcast Newsletters 1-100

 

Folder 21 – Out of the Overcast Newsletters 101-217

 

Folder 22 – San Diego Aviation (Aircraft and Pioneers)

 

Folder 23 – Out of the Past This Month at San Diego (Chronology)

 

Folder 24 – Chronologies – Aviation

 

Folder 25 – San Diego Flying Days: A Chronology from 1883

 

Box 2 of 9

 

SERIES II: Aviation History (continued) Draft San Diego Flying Days

Physical Description: Folders 1-17 containing a draft of "San Diego Flying Days" covering 1882-1928.
 

Box 3 of 9

 

SERIES II: Aviation History (continued) Draft San Diego Flying Days

Physical Description: Folders 1-11 containing a draft of "San Diego Flying Days" covering 1829-1936.
 

Box 4 of 9

 

SERIES II: Aviation History (continued) San Diego Aviation by Year

Physical Description: Folders 1-32 covering San Diego Aviation History from 1909 to 1945.
 

Box 5 of 9

 

SERIES II: Aviation History (continued) San Diego Aviation by Year

Physical Description: Folders 1-31 covering San Diego Aviation history from 1945-1986.
 

SERIES III: History – General

 

Folder 32 -- Calendar of San Diego History

 

Folder 33 -- When the Red Lights Went Out in San Diego

 

Folder 34 – General History of San Diego

 

Folder 35 – World War I Chronology

 

SERIES IV: Indexes -- Miscellaneous

 

Folder 36 – Album Collection Index No. 1

 

Folder 37 – Album Collection Index No. 2

 

Folder 38 – Album Collection Index No. 3

 

Folder 39 – Fog Index Folder 40 – National Geographic Aeronautics Index

 

Folder 41 – New York Times Aeronautics Index 1902-1914

 

Folder 42 – San Diego Military Index

 

Folder 43 – Traditions Index

 

SERIES V: Documents

 

Folder 44 – Air Corps Inventory 1927, AAHS Journal, Winter 1973

 

Folder 45 – Coast Guard

 

Folder 46 – Army Aviation in San Diego, 1912-1916, Ray Wagner

 

Folder 47 – The Three Musketeers, Merle C. Olmstead, AAHS Journal, Fall 1977

 

Folder 48 – Ryan X-13 Experimental Aircraft

 

Folder 49 – Partial Manuscript on W. H. Bowlus, pp. 34-59, by “Gary”

 

Folder 50 – Log Book – SDAM Log Books Index 2000

 

Folder 51 – Log Book – Log Books, 1929 (photocopies)

 

Folder 52 – Log Book – Spirit of St. Louis Log Book (photocopy)

 

Folder 53 – Log Book – Clifford Charles Adams

 

Box 6 of 9

 

SERIES V: Documents (continued)

 

Folder 1 – Log Books (photocopies)

 

Folder 2 – Log Book – Walter Glenn Barnes Jr., 1938-41 USN (photocopy)

 

Folder 3 – Log Book – Miles Blain, 1953-64 (photocopy)

 

Folder 4 – Log Book – Douglas T. Kelley, 1926-1929 (photocopy)

 

Folder 5 – Log Book – Philip E. “Ted” Myers, 1923-25 Army (photocopy)

 

Folder 6 – Log Book – Arnold H. Peik, 1928-46 (photocopy)

 

Folder 7 – Log Book – Barrett Studley, 1923 USN (photocopy)

 

Folder 8 – Log Book – Frank M. Taylor, 1936-39 Civil and Army (photocopy)

 

Folder 9 – Log Book – Thomas A. Watson, 1939-40 USN (photocopy)

 

Folder 10 – Newsletters - Miscellaneous

 

Folder 11 – Guide Books/Notes – Docent and Tour Guide Program

 

Folder 12 – Guide Books/Notes – SDAM Guidenotes, Folder #1 of 3 (#1-10)

 

Folder 13 – Guide Books/Notes – SDAM Guidenotes, Folder #2 of 3 (#11-21)

 

Folder 14 – Guide Books/Notes – SDAM Guidenotes, Folder #3 of 3 (#22-31)

 

SERIES VI: Research Material by Subject

Physical Description: ,Folder 15 -- Aviation Accidents in San Diego – 1883-1929 ,Folder 16 -- Aviation Accidents in San Diego – 1930-1939 ,Folder 17 -- Aviation Accidents in San Diego – 1940-1944 ,Folder 18 -- Aviation Accidents in San Diego – 1945-1989 ,Folder 19 -- Aviation Accidents in San Diego – 1990-1999 ,Folder 20 -- Aviation Accidents in San Diego – 2000-2005 ,Folder 21 – Pioneer Flyers – Notable California Aviation Accidents ,Folder 22 -- Army Aviation Mortalities ,Folder 23 – Cemeteries ,Folder 24 – Crashes Includes envelope with B/W snapshots of damaged planes. ,Folder 25 – Fatalities ,Folder 26 -- Last Landings, ,Folder #1 of 2 Aviation accidents, fatalities, burial locations ,Folder 27 -- Last Landings, ,Folder #2 of 2 Aviation accidents, fatalities, burial locations.,Folder 28 -- Aircraft Names / Nicknames ,Folder 29 -- Boeing Aircraft Includes Boeing 247; 314; F4B-1. ,Folder 30 – Consairway Employee Roster ,Folder 31 -- Convair History ,Folder 32 -- Consolidated / Convair Aircraft Includes CV-880; 990 Convair Liner; PBY; Seadart; Consolidated Seaplane article. ,Folder 33 -- Douglas Aircraft Includes DC-2; F4-D. ,Folder 34 – Drones ,Folder 35 -- Fogel Gliders ,Folder 36 -- Ford Trimotor ,Folder 37 -- Grumman Aircraft Includes Attack Aircraft; A-6A; F2F-1; F3F-2. ,Folder 38 -- Lockheed Aircraft Includes Lockheed 10; 12; 14.
 

Box 7 of 9

 

SERIES VI: Research Material by Subject (continued)

Physical Description: ,Folder 1 -- Ryan Aircraft Includes Ryan NYP; FR-1. ,Folder 2 -- Seaplanes, Early ,Folder 3 -- U.S.N. / U.S.M.C. Aircraft ,Folder 4 -- Vought Aircraft Includes F8U – F8. ,Folder 5 -- World War I Aircraft Totals (U.S.) Airports / Airfields ,Folder 6 -- Airport Editorials ,Folder 7 -- Lindbergh Field ,Folder 8 -- San Diego Airports, ,Folder #1 of 2 ,Folder 9 -- San Diego Airports, ,Folder #2 of 2 ,Folder 10 -- Army Fields 1921 ,Folder 11 -- San Diego Airfields First Flights ,Folder 12 -- First Flights Maps / Charts ,Folder 13 – Maps ,Folder 14 -- Maps and Charts San Diego ,Folder 15 -- San Diego and Imperial County Streets by Categories ,Folder 16 -- San Diego Street Names ,Folder 17 -- Travel & Traffic on Public Streets Insignia / Markings / Registrations ,Folder 18 -- Aircraft Registrations ,Folder 19 -- Civil Aircraft Markings ,Folder 20 -- DOD Prefix Symbols ,Folder 21 -- Insignia ,Folder 22 -- Radio Codes and Signals ,Folder 23 -- Registrations ,Folder 24 – Symbols ,Folder 25 -- U.S. Civil Aircraft Registration ,Folder 26 -- U.S. Civil Aircraft Registration Numbers Not Accounted For ,Folder 27 -- U.S. Naval Aircraft Bureau Numbers ,Folder 28 -- U.S. Navy Flight Codes ,Folder 29 -- U.S.N. Markings ,Folder 30 -- U.S.N. / U.S.M.C. ID Codes 1971 – 1976 ,Folder 31 -- Nautical Chart Symbols and Abbreviations ,Folder 32 -- World Aircraft Registration Prefixes People ,Folder 33 -- Allen, Richard Sanders ,Folder 34 -- Bocquel, Joe ,Folder 35 -- Bowlus, William Hawley Articles on Bowlus gliders / Manufacturer Specs on American Commercial Aircraft and Seaplanes / biographical articles on William H. Bowlus. ,Folder 36 -- Cayley, George ,Folder 37 -- Clover, Russell K. ,Folder 38 -- Gaffney, Dorothy ,Folder 39 -- Gibbon, Elwyn H. ,Folder 40 -- Jones, Stan ,Folder 41 -- Kiessig, Edward F. ,Folder 42 -- Kluck, Robert J. ,Folder 43 -- Koontz, Giacinta ,Folder 44 -- Ledger, Glenn ,Folder 45 -- Lindbergh, Charles ,Folder 46 -- MacMurray, Daniel E.D. Articles by and about Daniel E.D. MacMurray III, including X-660-E “Flywurm.” ,Folder 47 -- Montgomery, John J. ,Folder 48 -- O’Dwyer, William J. Correspondence and papers on donation and “Call the Field Engineer.” ,Folder 49 -- Rand, A. Clare
 

Box 8 of 9

 

SERIES VI: Research Material by Subject (continued) People (continued)

Physical Description: ,Folder 1 – Richthofen, Manfred von ,Folder 2 -- Shore, S. R. ,Folder 3 -- Storrs’ Album ,Folder 4 -- Underwood, John ,Folder 5 -- Walsh, Charles ,Folder 6 -- Waterman, Waldo ,Folder 7a -- Whitehead, Gustave ,Folder 7b – People – Miscellaneous Includes Bernard F. Roehrig; Thomas P. Faulconer; Ruth Alexander; Percy Prune.
 

SERIES VII: Research Material – Alphabetical

Physical Description: ,Folder 8 – A - Miscellaneous – Article by Archie Atherton / Airport Markings, Signs / Arlington cemetery letter and brochure / SDAM Manned Aircraft Chronology / Names of Army Stations / Air Corps Posts / Airports, Good Neighbors / article, “Lift” from Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators. ,Folder 9 -- Addresses – List, Cartoonists / Albert Simpson Historical Research Center / list, Airlines We Remembered / miscellaneous cards, envelopes, scraps of paper with addresses. ,Folder 10 -- Air Commerce Act of 1926 ,Folder 11 -- Air Corps Reserve ,Folder 12 -- Army Engines to 1915 ,Folder 13 -- Art ,Folder 14 -- Aviation Words ,Folder 15 -- Balboa Park ,Folder 16 – Berlin Blockade / Airlift ,Folder 17 – Birthdays – Who Shares My Birthday? ,Folder 18 – Bookends ,Folder 19 -- Brodie System ,Folder 20 – C - Miscellaneous – PBY article by Ev Cassagneres / Corrigan articles and music / list, San Diego Commanding Officers / article, Chapter VII, The Early Birds -- 2 snapshots of Richard Enos. ,Folder 21 -- Calendars ,Folder 22 -- Caterpillar Club ,Folder 23 – D - Miscellaneous – Article, Undaunted Dauntless / Rules of the Air: How to Fly Your Machine, U.S. Army Flying Corps, 1917. ,Folder 24 -- Daedalus & Icarus ,Folder 25 -- Dutch Flats ,Folder 26 – E - Miscellaneous – Articles, Amelia Earhart; article, Elevator First and Tandem Wing Airplanes by George Collinge, 1959 / SDAM Guidenote, Jacob Ellehammer, 1997 / Lists – Engines. ,Folder 27 -- Exposition – 1935 ,Folder 28 – F - Miscellaneous – Ft. Rosecrans Cemetery brochure; articles, Chapter 204, Ford; NYT Fatal LTA and HTA; Fokker Eindeckers; Reuben Hollis Fleet; Air Accidents; Fokker obituary / photocopies of planes and accidents. ,Folder 29 -- First 59 ,Folder 30 -- Flights 1874 – 1908 ,Folder 31 -- Flying ,Folder 32 -- Flying Clubs – San Diego ,Folder 33 -- Ford Building ,Folder 34 -- Four Letter Words ,Folder 35 – G - Miscellaneous -- Photocopies of aircraft, glider pilots’ licenses / article on GPS / Aerospace History This Week. ,Folder 36 -- Gibbs Handbook ,Folder 37 -- Gillespie Field ,Folder 38 -- Gliding ,Folder 39 -- Historic Preservation ,Folder 40 -- Honda Point Disaster ,Folder 41 -- Humor ,Folder 42 -- Japanese Planes ,Folder 43 – K - Miscellaneous – Harriet Quimby Research Conference / Spuds Ellyson Anchors in the Sky ,Folder 44 -- L - Miscellaneous– Article, Advances in Flight / Magazine, Air Power with article on SR- 71 Blackbird, July 1997. ,Folder 45 -- Lewis’ Students 1946 – 1950 ,Folder 46 -- Lighter Than Air ,Folder 47 -- Lists ,Folder 48 – M - Miscellaneous – Metric System, 3 converters / Historical Report, MCAS, 1942- Present / Phil Myers interview / movies with aviation / Groups, Units, Associations Included in Database / article, German Knights of the Air 19145-1918 / photocopies of photo of Frank Courtney, un-ID’d photocopy of photo of 3-year old child. ,Folder 49 -- Machine Guns ,Folder 50 -- Measures ,Folder 51 -- Mesa Flying Club ,Folder 52 -- Mexican Aviation at San Diego ,Folder 53 -- NAS Miramar ,Folder 54 -- Naval Officer Photos (photocopies) ,Folder 55 -- No Laughing Matter – article ,Folder 56 -- Northern California AAHS ,Folder 57 -- North Island Historical Geographical Study of North Island by Jeffrey C. Brown, 1991 ,Folder 58 -- Obituaries ,Folder 59 -- Ordinance No. 10035, June 25, 1925 ,Folder 60 – Out of the Overcast Research Material ,Folder 61 -- Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) ,Folder 62 -- Patrol Squadron Flights – 1930x to 1942 ,Folder 63 -- Photographs – 5 images of plane on deck of aircraft carrier ,Folder 64 -- Photographs of San Diego (photocopies) ,Folder 65 -- Poetry
 

Box 9 of 9

 

SERIES VII: Research Material – Alphabetical (continued)

Physical Description: Folder 1 -- “Question-Air” -- numerous sheets containing questions for docents about aircraft and airports ,Folder 2 -- Regulation of Aviation - For ,Folder 3 -- Regulation of Aviation - Against ,Folder 4 -- Rohr ,Folder 5 -- Russell Parachute Company ,Folder 6 -- San Diego – 1937 -- photocopies of magazine articles ,Folder 7 -- San Diego Aerospace Museum ,Folder 8 -- San Diego Aerospace Museum – Memories #1 of 2 ,Folder 9 -- San Diego Aerospace Museum – Memories #2 of 2 ,Folder 10 -- San Diego Aviation Business ,Folder 11 -- San Diego Aviation Pioneers ,Folder 12 -- San Diego Connections ,Folder 13 -- San Diego County ,Folder 14 -- San Diego Fliers ,Folder 15 -- San Diego Flying Days Biographies – G-P ,Folder 16 -- Squadrons ,Folder 17 -- Subliminals ,Folder 18 -- Three-View Drawings ,Folder 19 -- Toliver Airship ,Folder 20 -- United Air Lines ,Folder 21 -- U.S. Navy Arresters and Catapults ,Folder 22 -- U.S. Navy Aviation Photographs (photocopies) ,Folder 23 -- U.S. Navy Miscellaneous – various short magazine articles ,Folder 24 -- War Terms & Expressions,Folder 25 -- World War I Training in U.S. – Cross & Cockade